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I think the key point here is "love their work". If anyone of us loved our work would we want to retire early? Most likely no. If you go by the addage that you should retire early when work gets in the way of the things you want to/like to/love to do then you should retire. Well if you love the work you do then no need to retire.

One of the keys to loving what you do is to match what you do with your abilities. If you have an ability to do something you will be successful doing it. If you are successful then you will be happy.

One of the best lines I read about working was in the book "What Color Is Your Parachutte?" It was: "Who would take career advise from an 18 year old. But, that is what the vast majority of people do. When they are 18 they decide what university they will go to, what they will study and what field they will go into."

So we may say that the die was cast a long time ago as to why we want to retire early. We chose a field that did not match our abilities and we were not happy. The reality of the world is that not everyone can match their abilities with all the other aspects of work (money, prestiege, advancement, etc). So the salve may be to find a match to your abilities outside of the workplace. Or in other words find your passion outside of the workplace.

Below is a link to the Johnson O'connor Institue - I would recomed it to those of you that have children

http://members.aol.com/jocrf19/